ALAMIN: Paano nagkakilala sina Gov. Mandanas at Atty. Chua? | ABS-CBN News
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And then, it was purely professional, mga every other month, we get to talk, ganyan.
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And then, finally, nung Valentine's, naglulokohan kami.
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So, nagpapasok...
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Itong Valentine lang ang taong ito, ha?
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2024. So, naglulokohan kami na parang,
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Gov, available ka ba week of Feb, the 2nd week of February, ganyan.
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And then, sabi niya, okay naman.
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Sabi ko, ayun, sabi niya, baka wala kang Valentine, ako na lang, ganyan.
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Joke lang talaga.
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So, sinabi ko, okay, ganyan.
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Kasi, siguro, nag-take lang siya ng chance.
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And then, from there, we started dating.
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And then, fair before that, sabi ko pala, kasi kilala niya yung mom ko eh.
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So, sabi ko, I know it will be an issue, gano'n.
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Alam ko rin yung public perception, all the pros and cons.
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So, I told him, sige, mag-askan yung permission sa mom ko.
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And it was super game.
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Sabi niya, okay, sige.
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So, may family gathering kami.
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All my siblings were there.
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And then, my mom and my dad.
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And he asked permission to go on a date with me.
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Speaking of that, attorney, ang elephant in the room naman talaga, it's no secret.
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It's the age gap.
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Ilang years po ba ang age gap?
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Ilang age, tingin mo ako?
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Ilang taon, sir, ang age gap?
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Ang age gap na 48.
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Ito yung chronological age.
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Kasi, alam naman natin, iba yung medical age.
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Correct, correct, correct.
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Ang age, siyempre, depende kung may kasakit,
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kung nagkaroon pa ang iyong genes.
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Sa longevity at sa quality of life din.
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Alam mo, pero ngayon, siyempre,
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kailangan akong magpa-medical exam.
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Every six months ako.
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Nakugalihan ko na yun.
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Gov, how did you address the age gap?
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Was it parang, was it an initial acceptance from both sides of the family?
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Or may konting adjustments po here and there?
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Dahil, ang feeling ko sa age ko ngayon,
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eh sabi nung, kasabi ko sa, kasabi ko sa,
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sasabi ng doktor sa akin,
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na I'm between 50 to 60.
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Hindi pa ako na-opera,
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So, hindi pa ako nag-overnight sa hospital,
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except sa physical exam.
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Oo. Tapos, yung aking mga parents,
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matatagal ang buhay ng aking mga lolo-lola.
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At sabi nga sa medical,
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really, almost 80%
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And medical situation,
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depends on the genes.
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So, you're quite confident that you can stay with her for a long time?
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Well, it's not a matter of long time.
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Dahil yan, will of God yan.
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Wala kang control doon.
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Kahit na 20 years old ka, pwede ka nang lumatay.
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My wife, 14 years ang gap namin,
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So, ang hindi ko sabihin,
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ang buhay ng tao,
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nasa Panginoon niya.
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Kaya nagdadasal tayo raw-araw.
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Oo po. For attorney side?
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Of course, it's a different thing for me.
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Age gap, yun yung una kong naisip. Anong susabihin ng tao.
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Nag-pros and cons ako.
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Ilang araw ako, sleepless nights.
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Nag-check ako, celebrities, age gap, yung mga tenure difference.
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Ang laki na ng tinitinan ng mga tao.
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Of course, tinignan ko, pag Guinness Book of World Records, 60 yung age gap.
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So lahat yun, tinignan ko talaga.
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Dagtanong ako sa friends ko. I called my closest friends to check.
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And then sabi nila, kung masaya ka naman,
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at kung okay naman sa'yo,
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age gap is not an issue. Bakit natin gagawing issue yung age gap?
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When wala naman kaming legal impediment eh.
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So ako parang, it wasn't an issue.
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He was everything I was looking for.
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Kung age lang yung pag-uusapan,
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bakit ko naman papalampasin yung opportunity
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na magkaroon ng someone na mamahalin ako at mamahalin ko.
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Or parang, ito yung ideal person ko, except the age gap.
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Which is also everything, diba?
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But at the same time, parang, if yun lang, napakababaw naman natin.
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Kung yun lang yung titinan.
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You seem to have a very strong and straightforward personality.
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What was the most bothersome comment that you encountered about this relationship?
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And how did you address that?
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Actually, I don't know. Kasi di ako nag-check ng comments.
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So kahit sinong bashers, wala akong pakalapasin.
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But kami kasi, mga kapatid ko, naglolokohan kami.
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So I think from sa mga comments nila, yung mga lokohan lang namin,
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parang kundi-hunti ako na-prepare eh.
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So parang ang pinaka-shinishield ko lang from everything is my father.
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Because my father is very sensitive about it.
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But the moment na naging okay na sa dad ko, okay na ako.
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Wala akong pakalapasin, sasasabihin ng tao.
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Kasi di naman nila ako kilala.
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Hindi ko naman sila kilala.
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Lahat naman ang tao.
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May masasabi tungkol sa kahit sino yung pinaka-maganda, pinaka-perfect na ko.
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Wala naman yung masasabihin ng tao.
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So wala talaga akong pakalaman.
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Parang yung mga lokohan namin, mga kapatid ko, ganito.
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Lahat babae ang papatid nila.
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Ate, pag nag-aana kayo, baka paglabas na, puti na rin yung buhok ka.
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So ako, parang kami nga, nagjo-joke kami ng ganon eh.
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So kahit anong ilagay nyo diyan,
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nag-nasa-carriage pa ako.
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Puti na ang buhok ko.
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And do you get offended no?
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With those kinds of jokes?
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Okay lang sa inyo?
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Well, wala naman.
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It's not even a joke.
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It's a statement of a fact.
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Nakilala ko siya.
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Puti na yung hair niya.
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Hindi ko siya naabutan na black yung hair niya.
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So pag nakita ko ng old photos niya,
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Istudyante pa ako sa lasal?
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Untuwa talaga ako.
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Pag kung nakilala nila kami,
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kung nakita nila yung love story namin,
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kung na-play nila yung AVP namin,
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they would know na it's true na.
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Newlyweds talaga yung energy.
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not naman criticism,
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but an observation sa love story nyo
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it seemed too fast.
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You started dating in February,
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and then May, ikakasal na.
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What led you to that decision?
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Well, actually prayer.
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I just pray about it.
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What were your prayers?
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Well, if this is the right
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I just pray for a person,
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which I think it is.
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You asked for a sign?
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faith is a matter of really believing something
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that you have no evidence.
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So, well, of course,
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faith, as you know,
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which is a gift from God.
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Hindi mo ma-de-develop yan,
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pareh yung mga punctuality,
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it comes from God.
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Galing lang yan sa panginoon.
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Gov, it's no secret,
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you're already 80 years old.
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You've met your fair share of people
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around the world.
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But, bakit po si attorney
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ang nag-stand out?
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Paano po ba nasasabi
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ng isang Governor Mandanas na,
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ah, ito na yung the one,
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ito na yung dadalin sa altar?
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Because if you can define love,
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So, if you could really define it,
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then it's not love.
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Love is something
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that you cannot define.
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Something that you cannot set limit.
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That is true love, of course.
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It's not defined by
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the beauty of a person,
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the age of a person.
